After his back operation, star composer Ralph Siegel, 78, must continue to stay in the hospital bed. The pain is still there too. “The nerve pain is unbearable,” he even told the “Bild” newspaper and explained: “It feels like someone is going over my skin with a Bunsen burner. I have to be patient now, the doctors say.” But he is given painkillers.
His wife Laura, 40, is once again a great source of support during this difficult time. She now also lives in the hospital.
“Laura has decided to move into the clinic with me while I still have to stay here,” confirms the former ESC star. “We have a nice double room and it feels good that she is always close to me,” is how he describes the situation. Laura Siegel adds: “Because I would have visited Ralph every day anyway, I said I could stay with him in the clinic.” Fortunately, that is possible. For the 40-year-old mother of one, it is reassuring that she can be near him even at night.
The couple also spent the New Year in the same hospital room. “We ordered food from the Italian restaurant. Laura had fish, I had carpaccio and pasta,” he says, sharing a few details from New Year’s Eve. There was also champagne at midnight. “I didn’t want to miss that. I even stood up for the first time after the operation to toast. That’s just how it should be.”
It is unclear how long the Munich resident will have to stay in the hospital.
Ralph Siegel and the Swiss music manager Laura Käfer have been married since 2018. He also adopted her daughter. It is his fourth marriage.
His first marriage (1975–1989) to Dunja Siegel has two daughters, including DJane and reality star Giulia Siegel. Ralph Siegel’s second marriage (1992–2002) was to Dagmar Kögel. Together they had daughter Alana Siegel (born 1996). His third marriage to soprano Kriemhild Siegel officially lasted from 2006 to 2016, but they separated in 2014.
